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Articles | Volume 8, issue 4
Articles | Volume 8, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-8-285-2025
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13 Oct 2025
Research article |  | 13 Oct 2025

Gender, migration, and drought: an exploratory study of women's roles in Mallee farming communities

Anna Kosovac and Madeline Grupper

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The paper explores how women in farming communities face exclusion from drought decision-making. They are adopting the "farmer" label for influence. Gender dynamics differ in dryland versus irrigation farming, shaped by tradition and migration. Interestingly, there is evidence of "othering" occurring between settler farming women and recent migrants. 
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